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We all know that prefabricated homes are a convenience for the house owner as well as the builder or a turnkey solution provider company. There are plenty of advantages that a prefab home has, and these advantages make life pretty easier for homebuyers.

Before we move on to the limitations of precast homes, let us take a few moments to analyze the positive aspects. Pre-fabricated homes are –

Easy to build

Fast to construct

Environment friendly with less material wastage

Made of high quality material matching to engineering specifications

Involved with simple on-site logistics

Less prone to damages due to weather changes and theft

Cheaper on long-term basis

Usable for short-term or long-term constructions

However, this solution comes at a cost of some disadvantages. Here they are –

Difficulty in getting the loans sanctioned

Like every other building material, prefabrication also has its own share of drawbacks; the major one is with the approval of immediate loans for this kind of construction as it is still not considered by the banks as a traditional construction method. Sometimes, the people in the neighborhood also disapprove of such buildings as they are unaware of such technologies.

Budgeting woes

Budgeting is another concern. If done right, it would be cheaper in the long term. But, doing it wrong can benefit your builder and jeopardize your finances. Due to the high-end technology they cost a bit more than traditional means and usually are affordable for high income groups. Gradually, due to increase in popularity, mass production would happen thereby reducing costs in the years to come. As of now, the costs of prefabricated structures are not flexible for the market.

Less flexible shapes to reduce cost

It is always suggested to opt for linear structures while going with prefab. If not, the cost may pile up hugely on you. You won’t be able to change the design at later stages, if you choose prefabricated structures as they are pre-made and shipped to the site only during the installation phase.

No fixed cost

The difficult part of building a prefabricated home is that the builder would not be able to tell you what exactly it would cost to build the entire structure, unless they see the plot. It is only after seeing the site that they can determine the tentative cost of construction or installation.

Highly skilled labor adds up the cost

Pre-fabricated custom homes require the top notch skilled labor for construction activities and hence the building cost tends to become higher, although the time taken for constructing the building is lesser.

Waste reduction or increase

Although widely accepted that prefab homes reduce the onsite wastage of material, what if a mass produced design is not up to the mark or is faulty? If so, the entire batch has to be demolished and it would add up to the wastage.

Customizing – means doing it from scratch

In your haste to have a customized prefab home, you might end up spending too much and it might end up becoming more expensive than the house built using traditional means. The purpose of prefabricated house was to reduce the building time and you end up stretching it too far.

Although quite rare and uncommon, pre-fabricated structures are prone to decay due to certain aspects of harsh weather, like molds and storms or drastic changes the temperature. They are thin structures compared to traditional homes and may not stand the wear and tear of weather in worst case scenarios.

Have you ever thought of building a house without a plan? We assume, not. Home building plans consist of the construction specifications of a house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques to be used during construction. The house designs also contain architectural drawings (digital or on paper), specification of designs, calculations, and time planning of the building process. Without these factors your house building plans would go haywire.

Home building plans make optimum utilization of the available resources both for a small house plan or huge house designs. Proper house building plans for your home increases the efficiency, minimizes the risks, enhances proper coordination, gives you the right direction, keeps good control, and helps you achieve the objectives of constructing your dream haven. Apart from that it motivates the personnel involved such as the architects, encourages their creativity and innovation and helps you in decision making for your house building plans.

Key points to consider while building your dream house are finance, planning the house construction, selection of the plot, and then the construction part.

To have an insight on different concepts of house building plans, have a look at these set of house drawing techniques:

Site plans: The site plans are drawn to show the location of your home that is to be constructed on the property.

Floor plan: The floor plan offers an overhead view of the house when it would be complete.

Foundation plan: This includes dimensions and locations for footings.

Sub-floor plan: The sub-floor plan gives you all the details of how your construction area will be utilized and how the different services would be arranged across it.

Roof plan: This deals with the roofing techniques that are to be used.

Interior elevation: This deals with the interior concepts of your house.

Structural layouts, electrical and telecom drawings and the plumbing schematic drawings are the prime features of a well-designed house.

The floor plans are few among the essential components of the real estate industry, including the home designs. You can tailor your home to your unique lifestyle with a contemporary style floor plan. Your contemporary or modern house plans can promote a flexible living space and allow abundant natural light.

3D floor plans provide you stunning overview of your floor plan layout in 3D; these are easy to create and depict a clear and high-quality view. In simple terms, 3D floor plan is a virtual model of a building plan from a bird’s eye view. This concept is better to showcase architectural plans with more transparency. When you want to have 3D home plans, then you must be aware about the different concepts including exterior walls and fenestrations (arrangement of windows and doorways). They avoid using a ceiling because it obstructs the view. Cabinets, floorings, bathrooms fixtures and interior finishes are some of the leisure that can be used.

3D home plans make it easier for new customers to get the entire concept clear. You can literally see the design elements prior to construction and alter them while the work is under process.

A building is a man-made structure with a roof and walls standing at a permanent place. Different types of buildings can be created and it becomes efficient for a smart customer to know about the various design processes which include series of steps followed by the designers.

Typical stages of the design process include:

Design brief: This gives you a rough idea of how your design is supposed to be.

Analysis: This analysis is about your current building goals.

Research: A proper research is important to investigate similar design solutions.

House planning is a never ending process. No matter whether you desire to design a small house or a five storey building, your home plans always has to be crystal clear. Your house drawing and design is in other words known as home naksha, which is basically a map of your home.

You can tailor your home to your unique lifestyle with the help of the above mentioned points. Many modern home designs also take advantage of advanced building techniques and materials to create unique and innovative design.

The new generation home and office security have moved beyond single-layer human security, and the new homes now boast of solutions that were only featured as awe-inspiring mechanisms worthy of a James Bond movie a few years back. Fast forward to 2015 and the new age homes feature 24/7 mobile surveillance, intelligent motion sensors doubling up with home automation features to remotely control gadgets too.

With the cost of such solutions reducing significantly, there are plenty of , home offices and larger commercial establishments that can help with following key features:

Real-time monitoring: Integrated app features that report real-time conditions on a handy table or mobile device for parameters to be monitored and controlled remotely.

Smart Video cameras: Tracks kids and pets at home with alarm getting activated when they move towards restricted zone.

Access control: Manages access to homes, premises or designated areas within the premises through biometric or card-based access control, 2-step access control with a verification at a central server etc.

These home automation and security systems lead to complete peace of mind, manage your regulation or compliance processes and improve the effectiveness of human monitoring. Some key vendors that are globally revered for their security solutions include Honeywell, ADT, Omnivision, NEST.

Sourabh Bansal, Managing Director of Magicrete Building Solutions Private Limited, a leading manufacturer of AAC (Autoclave Aerated Concrete) blocks, has announced the relaunch of the website of BuildMyGhar, a sister concern of Magicrete. The online portal got launched after getting refurbished with more features and a fresh look.
The online portal of BuildMyGhar has several 3D home plans that meet individual needs of home owners. There are designs starting from bachelor pads to villas and bungalows that have more than five to six bedrooms and as many bathrooms. Their customers and clients can choose from a varied range of sizes for the house as well as the price range. These 3D plans allow home buyers to have a look at the existing plans or they can even login to buildmyghar and upload their pre-approved designs. They can then get a suggestion or second opinion while getting the house built by BuildMyGhar. The professional architects and designers associated with the company would assist in such situations.
The portal also features construction-ready plots across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi-NCR. These plots have all the vital details such as size and location, so that a buyer can browse through the desired plot/land and purchase it online. Now, physically land hunting is a thing of the past, when there is an option for online purchase. Sellers can also upload the pictures and details about a site and sell it online. BuildMyGhar has a strong foothold in the said locations and is rigorously moving ahead to create a nationwide presence.
BuildMyGhar has an interesting feature, which enables the home owners to view the work in progress and comment, like or share online. Like they say ‘home building goes social’.
BuildMyGhar has entered the real estate market with a fresh air, as there were hardly any companies offering online home-building solutions in India. This turnkey solution provider has taken home building to another level. The idea emanated out of the need to bridge the gap between the real estate industry and the demand for raw materials such as bricks. With a huge demand for bricks alone, Sourabh Bansal did his share of research and came up with the best feasible solution i.e. manufacturing Autoclave Aerated Concrete (AAC) blocks.
A glance to the roots
The parent company Magicrete manufactures AAC blocks, precast products and drymix products at their two plants located in Navsari, Gujarat and Jhajjhar, Haryana. This company is an integral part of a group of companies dealing with chemicals, textiles and real estate sector, which has an aggregate turnover of over INR 5 billion. In the fiscal year 2014-15, the revenue generated by Magicrete was INR 135 crore.
Magicrete was established in 2008, which was funded by angel investors and later in March 2013 brokerage house, Motilal PE, invested INR 35 crore in this venture.
Magicrete has revolutionized the AAC blocks market, making these blocks a mass-market product from being a niche market product. Sourabh bagged the contracts for low-cost housing projects in Gujarat, through the Gujarat Housing Board along with the contract for military quarters all over India.
How BuildMyGhar came up?
Once the company had a strong foothold in the AAC block market, they came up with this unique idea of making home building easy and stress free for the Indian homeowners. This brought about the idea for the formation of BuildMyGhar, one of the pioneers in online home building in India.
A time when the real estate companies were rigorously adapting to modern technologies in construction and civil engineering, only few among them had ventured to explore this arena in house construction. BuildMyGhar has set a new benchmark bringing architects, home designs, plots and everything that is required to deliver a ready to move-in home. BuildMyGhar focuses on building prefabricated houses within 150 days, including furnishing.
The pool of professionals at BuildMyGhar includes:
1. Interior designers
2. Project coordinator
3. Architect
4. Landscape designer
The interiors designers at BuildMyGhar rigorously follow the current market trends and bring the best feasible designs for the customers. Project coordinators and architects work all along to efficiently build the homes, without crossing the budget or timeline promised to the home buyers. Once the house construction is complete, landscape designers ensure that the landscape is organized perfectly in synch with the house.